The 2002–03 season was the 18th season in the existence of Le Mans UC72 and the club's thirteenth consecutive season in the second division of French football. In addition to the domestic league, Le Mans participated in this season's edition of the Coupe de France and the Coupe de la Ligue.
2002–03 season | |
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President | Noël Peyramayou |
Head coach | Thierry Goudet |
Stadium | Stade Léon-Bollée |
Ligue 2 | 2nd (promoted) |
Coupe de France | Round of 32 |
Coupe de la Ligue | Round of 16 |
Top goalscorer | League: Daniel Cousin (19) All: Daniel Cousin (23) |
Average home league attendance | 7,360[1] |
Players edit
First-team squad edit
Transfers edit
In edit
No. | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
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– | MF | Ahmed Aït Ouarab | FC Martigues | 1 July 2002 | ||
– | MF | Philippe Celdran | Sedan | 1 July 2002 | ||
– | MF | Fabrice Pancrate | Guingamp | 1 July 2002 | ||
– | FW | Laurent Peyrelade | Sedan | 1 July 2002 | ||
– | DF | Steven Pelé | Rennes B | Loan | 29 August 2002 | |
– | FW | Olivier Thomas | Troyes | 24 January 2003 |
Out edit
Competitions edit
Win Draw Loss
Overall record edit
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Ligue 2 | 3 August 2002 | 23 May 2003 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 47.37 |
Coupe de France | 14 December 2002 | 25 January 2003 | Seventh round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 66.67 |
Coupe de la Ligue | 11 October 2002 | 18 January 2003 | First round | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 66.67 |
Total | 44 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 50.00 |
Source: Competitions
Ligue 2 edit
League table edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
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1 | Toulouse (C, P) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 72 | Promotion to Ligue 1 |
2 | Le Mans (P) | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 68 | |
3 | Metz (P) | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 67 | |
4 | Lorient | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 65 | |
5 | Châteauroux | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 60 |
Results summary edit
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 68 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 24 | −3 |
Source: Ligue 1
Results by round edit
Matches edit
24 August 2002 4 | Le Mans | 2–1 | Toulouse | Le Mans |
20:00 CEST (UTC+2) | Report |
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Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 7,924 Referee: Tony Chapron |
5 September 2002 6 | Le Mans | 1–0 | Metz | Le Mans |
20:30 CEST (UTC+2) |
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Report | Stadium: Stade Léon-Bollée Attendance: 8,994 Referee: Bertrand Layec |
14 September 2002 8 | Saint-Étienne | 0–0 | Le Mans | Saint-Étienne |
--:-- CET (UTC+1) |
15 November 2002 16 | Châteauroux | 1–1 | Le Mans | Châteauroux |
--:-- CET (UTC+1) |
21 January 2003 22 | Toulouse | 2–0 | Le Mans | Toulouse |
19:00 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stadium de Toulouse Attendance: 11,633 Referee: Bertrand Layec |
31 January 2003 24 | Metz | 4–0 | Le Mans | Metz |
20:30 CET (UTC+1) | Report | Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien Attendance: 9,966 |
9 February 2003 26 | Le Mans | 2–2 | Saint-Étienne | Le Mans |
--:-- CET (UTC+1) |
19 April 2003 34 | Le Mans | 1–0 | Châteauroux | Le Mans |
--:-- CET (UTC+1) |
Coupe de France edit
25 January 2003 Round of 32 | Libourne S-S | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (12–11 p) | Le Mans | Libourne |
--:-- CET (UTC+1) | Stadium: Stade Jean Antoine Moueix Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Damien Ledentu |
Coupe de la Ligue edit
18 January 2003 Round of 16 | Saint-Étienne | 3–2 | Le Mans | Saint-Étienne |
--:-- CET (UTC+1) |
Statistics edit
Appearances and goals edit
Goalscorers edit
References edit
- ^ "Ligue 2 2002/2003 » Attendance » Home matches". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 May 2021.